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M.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>College of Earth and Environmental Sciences</p><p>Lahore, 54000</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Javed</surname><given-names>M. A.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>College of Earth and Environmental Sciences</p><p>Lahore, 54000</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Nasar-u-Minallah</surname><given-names>M.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Institute of Geography</p><p>Lahore, 54000</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Ahmad</surname><given-names>S. R.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>College of Earth and Environmental Sciences</p><p>Lahore, 54000</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Parveen</surname><given-names>N.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Department of Geography</p><p>Faisalabad, 38000</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-2"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff xml:lang="en" id="aff-1"><institution>University of the Punjab</institution><country>Pakistan</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en" id="aff-2"><institution>GC University</institution><country>Pakistan</country></aff><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2023</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>12</day><month>01</month><year>2024</year></pub-date><volume>16</volume><issue>4</issue><fpage>105</fpage><lpage>119</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Asif U., Ahmad A.M., Javed M.A., Nasar-u-Minallah M., Ahmad S.R., Parveen N., 2024</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2024</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Asif U., Ahmad A.M., Javed M.A., Nasar-u-Minallah M., Ahmad S.R., Parveen N.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Asif U., Ahmad A.M., Javed M.A., Nasar-u-Minallah M., Ahmad S.R., Parveen N.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://ges.rgo.ru/jour/article/view/3193">https://ges.rgo.ru/jour/article/view/3193</self-uri><abstract><p>Irrigated agriculture is the major determinant of economic growth potential as it accounts for 20% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the country. The current study focuses on the qualitative and quantitative assessment of groundwater in three districts i.e., Okara, Sahiwal and Khanewal of the Punjab province of Pakistan, which are considered highly fertile for agriculture production. The data were acquired from the Punjab Irrigation Department (PID) for 10 years (2010-2020) to assess the spatio-temporal patterns. The spatiotemporal mapping and variability of depth to the water table, electrical conductivity (EC), sodium absorption ratio (SAR), and residual sodium carbonate (RSC) were done as per the standards of the World Health Organization (WHO) and Punjab Irrigation Department using inverse distance weighting (IDW) statistical approach of GIS Techniques. The finding of the study revealed that overall water quality in the study area was reported as “fit” by following the WHO standards, whereas as per Punjab Irrigation Department standards, it was observed, as “Moderately fit”. Moreover, in Sahiwal, Okara, and Khanewal districts, the average depth of the water table declined from 2010 to 2015 by 0.619, 1.286, and 0.164 metres and then increased from 2016 to 2020 by 1.698, 1.421 and 0.830 metres, respectively. Although currently the quality and quantity of groundwater were not in critical condition, with continued carelessness and the release of additional water from aquifers, these conditions could deteriorate in the near future. So, developing a suitable mechanism for supplying surface water to farmers, and adapting environmentally acceptable methods of recharging aquifers is much needed.</p></abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Groundwater</kwd><kwd>quality and quantity</kwd><kwd>Irrigation</kwd><kwd>Geospatial techniques</kwd><kwd>Pakistan</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><funding-statement xml:lang="en">We would like to express our sincerest gratitude to the Punjab Irrigation Department for their invaluable support and assistance during the research work.</funding-statement></funding-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Ashraf, A., Jabeen, M., Ditta, S. A., &amp; Ahmad, Z. (2023). Examining groundwater sustainability through influential floods in the Indus Plain, Pakistan. 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